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Because you muddled the interpretation of those verses. Here are the verses in question: The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Matthew 22:23-32 KJV So in context, the Sadducees were asking about the resurrection, which they did not believe in. They presented a rather absurd story of a widow who married a man, but he died, and proceeded to marry his brother, who also died, a pattern that continued until she had married 7 brothers. At which point you’d think she’d be investigated for being a black widow and insurance fraud, but no, she died too. So who is she married to in the resurrection which we do not believe in, was the question asked of Christ. People like you take Christ’s response to be a general treatise on marriage in the afterlife, instead of the simple response to an absurd question. Christ dismissed the absurdity, then explained that God is the God of the living, not the dead. But you ignore that to focus on the dismissal response. They neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels. Apply that answer to the question he was asked. Who would the woman be married to? She would neither marry in Heaven, nor be given in marriage, you conclude no marriage at all, but the truth is she won’t marry or be given in marriage, because she’s already married, to the first guy. She won’t be given to anyone else nor will she marry anyone else because she doesn’t need to marry anyone else. She’s like the angels, already married. You would denigrate the home, marriage and family based on a few verses taken out of context. Below is God’s way.